{{Waving the White Flag}}

I surrender!!! I can't do this detox anymore!!! As we speak, Don is eating Steak n Shake...

It's not even necessarily ONLY eating fruits and veggies that's been so bad (although at times, I've wanted to cry for meat or cheese or milk or cereal or pizza or coffee!!!)...

For ME, it's mostly been the shakes and the supplements. I still gag EVERY single time I take them.

For DON, the biggest problem has been no energy. And I agree. With only a SLIGHT exaggeration, I fell asleep every time I sat down this weekend! I think it would get better on Day 11 when we could start having chicken/turkey/fish, but I'm still a long way from there!!!

On the positive, I have shaken my addiction to caffeine! I no longer have headaches. And I weigh 5 pounds less than I did 6 days ago... that's something.

But I QUIT!!!!!!!

See you at Dairy Queen! (Just Kidding) (Maybe)

A Bug's Life no more!!!!

So, this is what I found on my coffee maker this morning... just not the cartoon version. And it didn't talk in the voice of David Hyde Pierce. And it wasn't cute, or sarcastic like in the Bug's Life. And I killed it. After I yelled.

Our Dinner Last Night

Notice the grit on the side of the cup (I had already drunk some of the nasty stuff):
You would have thought Wolfgang Puck made us this broccoli... it was our first cooked food since we started this project. Any other day, it would have been just okay, but last night... DELICIOUS!

Hungry, anyone?

O the leaves, they are a-changin'!

Random shots from outside...

I'd Marry Juan Valdez Right Now

Or Mr Starbucks. Or Mr Folgers.

Here are the things I DIDN'T consider before starting my detox "fun:"

I should probably taper off the caffeine injections beforehand rather than going cold turkey. For example, having Grande Skinny Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbucks 4 days in a row... probably not a great idea.

I really like food... chewing food. Not drinking some yucky so-called-food.

I have an overactive gag reflex when I smell yucky food... I'll say no more on that subject.

On the flipside:

I lost 3 pounds yesterday! I think it was the fact that all I had all day was two (GROSS) "shakes," an apple, an orange, green tea, some carrots and a boatload of nutritional supplements.

Do I have any converts yet???

I'm starting Detox today

Not in the Britney Spears/Amy Winehouse kind of way, but still...

Everywhere I look lately it seems like someone is selling some kind of Colon Cleanse products, but I was interested in a "natural" cleansing. So, Don and I did a little research (actually DON did the research), and we decided on a 21-day program. I just started this morning, and let me say... IT'S DISGUSTING. Everything just smells so HEALTHY. Remember how the old Swiss Farms Salad place used to smell like vitamins when you first walked in (b/c they sold all those vitamins)??? That's how this stuff smells. YUK!

So, I "get" to have 2-3 "shakes" a day, which consist of some nutritional powder, flax seed oil, fruit, and ice/water. I had my first one today... once I got past the smell, I did okay. I can also have all the fruits and vegetables I want for the first 10 days (I'm supposed to eat double the vegetables than the fruits). Then starting day 11, I can add fish and limited organic chicken/turkey.

I can also drink unlimited amounts of green tea. Which I like. But which is NOT coffee.

This does NOT make me happy! :(

Have I talked all of you into trying it? Even with all my whining, I am really excited about trying this. I am interested to see if it really DOES clear up my skin, and if it really DOES make me feel less sluggish/tired. I'll let you know...

In the meantime, anyone have any coffee that I can just smell??? I'd appreciate it!

Happy Birthday to my BFF

The other day when it was Sis's birthday, we had "friendship bracelets" for all the cousins to put in their treat bags (that they painted... see below!). I bought more than I needed, because I know kids enough to know that they would want a SPECIFIC color... so we had two orange ones left. Don and I put them on later that night, and showed the kids... I told them that Don and I were now BFFs. They just rolled their eyes.

But we are.

He's the one I want to call when something funny happens. Or sad. Or angering. Or weird.

He can make me laugh the most. And cry the most. And feel the most.

Because he is my BFF. And my husband. And a great Daddy.

And it was his birthday... yesterday. I was too busy spending what little time we had together WITH HIM that I didn't post this until today.

So, Happy Birthday!!!